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However, too often, temporarycontracts are just a cheaper alternative to permanent ones, particularly in countries where the gap in dismissal regulations between these contracts is high (i.e. severance pay, notice periods, possibility to appeal to courts): then the result is a segmented labour market , where many young workers experience a sequence of temporary jobs alternating with unemployment, with little chance of moving to a more stable, open-ended contract and incomplete contributions to pension provisions.

If an applicant submits proof of another type of employment contract, for instance, a temporary contract that can be prolonged, MSs are encouraged not to automatically reject the application based solely on the nature of the contract.

The 2015 ESDE review indeed observes a segmentation of labour markets, which is being reflected by the large use of temporary and involuntary temporary contracts, short employment spells alternated with unemployment spells, low transitions from temporary to permanent regular contracts, high shares of involuntary part-time contracts, and low levels of on-the-job training.

If an applicant submits proof of another type of employment contract, for instance, a temporary contract that can be prolonged, MSs are encouraged not to automatically reject the application based solely on the nature of the contract.

– (IT) Companies have reacted to the current economic and financial crisis by cutting temporary jobs, such as fixed-term contract workers, and have hired personnel or employees on other kinds of non-permanent contract.

little or no job security owing to the non-permanent, often casual nature of the work, with contracts containing poor conditions or without any written contract, for instance in the case of temporary, involuntary part-time contracts, unclear working hours and duties that change according to the employer’s will;

little or no job security owing to the non-permanent, often casual nature of the work, with contracts containing poor conditions or without any written contract, for instance in the case of temporary, involuntary part-time contracts, unclear working hours and duties that change according to the employer's will;

However, too often, temporarycontracts are just a cheaper alternative to permanent ones, particularly in countries where the gap in dismissal regulations between these contracts is high (i.e. severance pay, notice periods, possibility to appeal to courts): then the result is a segmented labour market , where many young workers experience a sequence of temporary jobs alternating with unemployment, with little chance of moving to a more stable, open-ended contract and incomplete contributions to pension provisions.

E. whereas new forms of non-standard contracts and flexible standard contracts (e.g. part-time contracts, fixed-term contracts, temporary contracts through employment agencies, recurring freelance contracts and project contracts), some of which are non-secure in nature, today are increasingly common in the European labour market,

E. whereas new forms of non-standard contracts and flexible standard contracts (e.g. part-time contracts, fixed-term contracts, temporary contracts through employment agencies, recurring freelance contracts and project contracts), some of which are non-secure in nature, today are increasingly common in the European labour market,

D. whereas new forms of non-standard contracts and flexible standard contracts (e.g. part-time contracts, fixed-term contracts, temporary contracts through employment agencies, recurring freelance contracts and project contracts), some of which are non-secure in nature, today are increasingly common in the European labour market,

Madam Minister, are there any loopholes for the government or some way of not complying with the Official Languages Act by hiring people on contract for a certain number of years, rather than hiring them permanently?

Further, the age of the tenancy agreement, the type of contract (temporary, permanent), the number of inhabitants per dwelling (flat-sharing community), the type of owner (public, housing association, private, employer) or the rent policy of the landlord may also affect the rents.

Such schemes could be combined with initiatives to promote job creation in activities of general public interest or to help the development of local employment initiatives; . incentives to accept part-time jobs or temporarycontracts or to initiate an economic activity as self-employed, such as the introduction of temporary part-time unemployment allowances, or the guarantee of return to full-time unemployment allowances in case of loss of a part-time job, after expiry of a temporary contract or after cessation of independent activity.

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